[R] Handle Gps coordinates

[vikram ranga]

Hi,

You would like to have a look at library(maptools) & library(rgeos)
they have amazingly lot of function for such analysis.
You can also read GPS data directly in R using maptools.

This question is more suitable for r-sig-geo list.


On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:20 PM, Greg Snow <538280 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know of any packages specifically for gps coordinates, but
> more generally there are packages for spatial statistics (of which the
> gps coordinates would be a special case).
>
> Check the CRAN Taskviews Spatial and SpatialTemporal for descriptions
> of packages that will do what you ask (and a lot more).
>
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Alaios <alaios at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> I would like to ask you if there are any gps libraries.
>>
>>
>> I would like to be able to handle them,
>> -like calculate distances in meters between gps locations,
>> -or find which gps location is closer to a list of gps locations.
>>
>> Is there something like that in R?
>>
>> I would like to tthank you in advance for your reply
>>
>> Regards
>> Alex
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